April 2013
Beginner
384 pages
9h 40m
English
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Chapter 3
Understanding Yourself: What Makes You Tick
In This Chapter
Choosing a business for you: The how-to
Matching a business with your personality
Identifying the qualities you need to possess
Setting up a work area for your business
Owning a micro-business and being self-employed isn’t as difficult as you think, or at least not as difficult as most people make it out to be. The first thing that you need to understand isn’t the business — but to understand yourself. You want to start a business that fits you as a person and your passions. If not, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Consider this chapter a mirror. You can look squarely into it and figure out who you are and what excites you, which can then help you determine what type of business is right for you.
Tapping Into the Process of Starting Your Business
The process of beginning your business is directly tied to you and what type of person you are, and what type of entrepreneur you are (in other words, what makes you tick) because the activity of being in business is an ongoing process that stretches across weeks, ...
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